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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 286

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    Toothache:
    A candle burned over a corpse is aid to be a cure for toothache.
    Ring-worm:-
    The seventh son of the seventh son has the cure for ring worm.
    Foul-mouth:-
    The person who never saw his father has the ure of the foul mouth.
    Warts:-
    If you wash the wart in three mairen water it will cure it.
    Burns:-
    If you lick a mankeeper and then lick the burn you will cure it.
    Mumps:-
    Any man whose father and mother of the same name has the cure of the mumps. He ties a hay rope round the unfortunate and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreentunny, Co. Ros Comáin